1.
Light gains make heavy purses.
〔谚语〕因小失大。
2.
We can't risk big things for the sake of small ones.
我们不能因小失大。
3.
Who repairs not his gutters repairs his whole house.
檐槽不修修全屋(因小失大)。
4.
Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse.
不要为了驱鼠而焚烧房屋（勿因小失大）。
5.
He that lets the small things bind him, leave the great.
因小失大；让小事情束缚住手脚的人就会失去最重要的东西。
6.
Forbidding private phone calls in the office cannot really reduce the company's expenses; it's just being penny wise and pound foolish.
禁止在办公室打私人电话其实不能减少多少开支;反而是因小失大。
7.
They are running scared to be sure their kids can go into the marketplace and compete as adults,but in some cases they are missing the big picture.
他们十分紧张，想让孩子长大后能够进入市场竞争。 但是在有些情况下，他们会因小失大。
8.
It includes brief information on the cause and management of urinary incontinence.
内容包括大、小便失禁的原因及处理。
9.
Cause of Great Revolution Failure from the Novel Star by Ye Zi;
从叶紫小说《星》看大革命失败的原因
10.
Imbalance Country and Slant Mansion--The Investigation of Condition and the Analyse of Its Reason of the Deprived-school Condition of Primary School Students at Da Jin-tu School in Yongxing County Hunan Province;
失衡的乡村,倾斜的大厦——湖南省永兴县大金土小学学生失学状况调查与原因透视
11.
We must be very careful not to commit an atrocity by bombing Teheran.
我们必须非常小心，不要因为轰炸德黑兰而造成一次大失策。
12.
You have to be very exact in this job, because a small mistake can make a big difference.
你做这项工作必须十分严谨，因为一点小的失误也会造成很大差异。
13.
"You have to be very exact in the design, because a small mistake can make a big difference."
＂设计工作中必须十分严谨，因为一点小的失误也会造成很大差异。＂
14.
The thief showed his victim a clean pair of heels.
小偷撇下失主溜之大吉。
15.
Phoenix competes directly with the big state universities and lesser-known small colleges, all of which fear a student drain.
菲尼克斯大学直接与大的州立大学和不大知名的小学校竞争，因为这些学校都怕学生流失。
16.
cause of large loss
重大火灾损失的原因
17.
He overleaped himself with ambition.
他因野心太大而失败。
18.
He came in for a good deal of criticism for neglect of duty.
他因失职而大受批评。